321 North Clark Street
Suite 2300
Chicago,
Illinois
60654
 312.464.3166
 312.896.5592
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Michael
L.
Molinaro
Of Counsel
and
Co-Chair, Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Practice Group
Michael L. Molinaro is a financial restructuring and bankruptcy lawyer. For more than 25 years, he has represented banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and other parties in complex bankruptcy, reorganization and commercial law matters and out-of-court workouts and restructurings.
Mr. Molinaro is a member of the Federal Trial Bar, and his practice includes litigating before the Federal Courts on contested matters pending throughout the country. Mr. Molinaro also has significant experience representing insurance companies, secured and unsecured lenders, financial service companies and many other clients on a wide variety of commercial finance transactions, including health care, real estate, credit card, intellectual property, leasing, hedge fund and derivative transactions.
Mr. Molinaro has published numerous articles on various aspects of bankruptcy law and is a frequent lecturer who has spoken on a variety of commercial and bankruptcy law topics, including the treatment of derivative transactions, cramdown, modification of the stay, partnership bankruptcies and lender liability.
Representative Experience
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Representation of the Welspun Group, one of the world’s largest home textile companies, in the acquisition of certain assets of KOJO Worldwide pursuant to a public sale with the simultaneous acquisition of three related companies in three different countries.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker and Co-Author, Overview of Commercial Non-Bankruptcy Remedies, Chicago Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee and YLS Bankruptcy (October 6, 2011)
- Speaker, The Never Ending Story II - The Continuing Demise of the Real Estate Business, Recent Developments on Receiverships, Credit Bidding and Bad Faith Filings, American Bankruptcy Institute (June 2010)
- Author, Recent Developments on Receiverships, Credit Bidding and Bad Faith Filings, American Bankruptcy Institute, Central States Conference (June 2010)
- Author, Exercising Your Rights and Understanding Your Goals, Inside the Minds: Creditors’ Rights in Chapter 11 Cases (March 2009)
- Co-author, Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bankruptcy for IP Licensees, Morris-Anderson's Renaissance (October 2007)
- Author, Directors and Officers: Beware of the Vicinity of Insolvency, Corporate Officers & Directors Liability (April 5, 2004)
- Co-author, Documenting a Consensual Transfer of Distressed Real Estate, American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law (1998)
- Author, Defeating a Cramdown: Getting a Grip on the Indubitable Equivalent Standard, The Secured Lender (November/December 1994)
Media Mentions
Distinctions
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Named in "Illinois Super Lawyers" in Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights and Business Litigation, a Thomson Reuters business (2011 and 2012 editions)
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Named in "Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business," in Illinois Bankruptcy/Restructuring, (2008-2011 editions)
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Named "Best Lawyer" in Bankruptcy, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2006-2010)
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Recommended “Top Lawyers in Illinois” in Bankruptcy & Workout Law, Leading Lawyers Network, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company (2004-2012)
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Highest "AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
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DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 1982, Notes and Comments Editor, DePaul Law Review
St. Joseph's College, B.S., 1979, cum laude
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
Law Clerk,
Honorable
Frederick
Hertz,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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